Song #13 of 26 – Let’s Raise Our Voices

Initial BIAB Style – _PUPLIFT – Uplifting Pop w/ Synth

Track #1 – RealBass 1268: Bass, Electric, PopUplift Ev16 120
Track #2 – RealDrums-PraseWorshipUptemp 16^1-HK4,R24
Track #3 – RealPiano 1278: Synth Pad, PopUplift Ev120
Track #4 – RealGuitar 1272: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm, PopUpliftSyncA
Track #5 – RealStrings 1853: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopUplift A-B Ev
Track #6 – RT691: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming AcRockBright Ev 120
Track #7 – RT1681: Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 120
Track #8 – RT417: Sax, Tenor, Motown Rock Ev 120

Chris sings lead vocal which was run through Melodyne 4 to pull it a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.


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Let’s Raise Our Voices
by Chris Werle and John Ford
Copyright © 2012 by Christ Werle and John Ford

1 Twelve, twelve apostles came to stay.
The Son of Man, one of them would soon betray Christ.
Watch and pray, they heard Him say, though the hour was soon at hand,
His spirit never showed dismay.
And they wept, but He pledged them to come again. (to CHORUS)

CHORUS
So people come on, let's raise our voices.
Lift up this song, sing loud and clear.
He lived and died, to give us choices.
And with the hope of tomorrow our risen Lord will appear.

2 Then came the morning of that day.
The Son of Man, bearing cross and crown did say love.
Priest's and elder's judgment day,
They had Him bound and crucified Him anyway.
And they wept, but He rose up on the third day. (to CHORUS)

BRIDGE
They closed their hearts and turned away-ay-ay
From the Lord of heaven and earth.
The blood and tears He shed we pray,
Show us all the way, the measure of His worth.

(Repeat CHORUS)

ENDING
And with the hope of tomorrow our risen Lord will appear.
And with the hope of tomorrow our risen Lord will appear.


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Since I’ve been teleworking since March 2020 (as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic), that has afforded me time at home to work on all the original songs my buddy Chris Werle and I (John Ford) have written. Chris wrote the lyrics, chords, and melody. I then transcribe it into notation, since Chris doesn’t read music. I then write the harmonies, most of the instrumental solos and/or counter melodies, arrange all the instruments, and put everything together.

All songs started in Band-in-a-Box (and some of them are over 20 years old). Then they were worked up in either PowerTracks Pro or RealBand. Since Chris and I live in different states now, I had to rely on previously recorded vocals and his guitar playing from old PowerTracks or RealBand .SEQ files. Because of limitations in RealBand with some VSTi’s, I did have to export the some of the MIDI tracks out of RealBand and render them to audio in Cakewalk (for those that RealBand didn’t render properly), after which I would bring the audio back into RealBand. But most of the songs and the final mix were exclusively rendered from RealBand.

My goal here is to post one song each day until all 26 of the songs have been posted. Some have been posted previously, but I have gone back and reworked all of them, so they are all new mixes and are different from what was originally posted.

Most of the songs are Christian in nature, so if that’s not your thing, that’s fine. But it’s our thing. So without further ado, here is the music.

John

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